Researchers revealed to Courthouse News on sunday that a new star system has been discovered. The star system was apparently one of the rarest types known as Wolf-Rayet and was initially discovered by both Charles Wolf and Georges Rayet back in the late 1960s. The Wolf-Rayet stars are known to be intensely bright as well as hot stars due to their unique makeup. They are also known to ultimately collapse by themselves later on in a supernova explosion expected to leave nothing but a dark void behind.
Where the new Wolf-Rayet star was found
Just two years ago, the known exclusive club of rare stars welcomed a new member as researchers found a new star system located about 8000 light years away from Earth found to be unlike any Wolf-Rayet stars before.
The recent study that was published in a particular scientific journal known as the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society revealed that a newly discovered star system, called Apep, was found using the advanced imaging techniques that were from the European Southern Observatory's very own Very Large Telescope located at Paranal over in Chile.
The two stars found to be brighter than the Sun
A much closer look at the known Apep's makeup showed further evidence that solidified the accuracy of its own namesake. The two found stars that compose the Wolf-Rayet system are actually 10 to 15 times bigger than Earth's Sun. They were also mentioned to be over 100,000 times much brighter.
The known stellar winds themselves are known to be highly extreme in its nature, with certain experts saying that they are actually coming off Apep at just around 12 million kilometers every hour which is about 1% the known speed of light.
Researchers even suggested that this is perhaps the whole wind speed as well as the star's rotation speed that could explain the whole confusing dust movement. Researchers are still speculating what the Apep's future might hold and so far, the found future could likely be quite destructive.
The unbelievable Apep star
The data collected shows that on top of actually carrying all of the different and extreme characteristics of a known Wolf-Rayet, Apep's very own main star actually seems to rotate at an unbelievable speed. This potentially gives it the actual ability to detonate certain long gamma-ray explosions when the whole system ultimately goes straight into a supernova.
The potential future for this star could actually be disastrous for its neighboring systems, given that the whole gamma-ray bursts are actually some of the really most energetic natural events that are known in the universe. Although not much information has been found about the star, it could be a potential threat to those near it.
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Written by Urian Buenconsejo
